Rubber heel



July 8, 1924. 1,500,819

J. J. JOHNSON ET AL RUBBER HEEL Filed Aug. 24. 1922 Tnven 01 JAMES J. \fo/wvso/v GEO/667E E. Jo/MAS OA/ To all whom it may comm-n:

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- RUBBER HEEL.

Application filed August 24, 1922. Serial No. 584,010.

. Be'it'known that we, JAMES J. JoHNsoN and Gnonon E. JOHNSON, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of the city and county of San Francisco and of the town of Fowler, county of Fresno, and the State of California, have made a new and useful inventionto wit, Improvementsin Rubber Heels; and we do hereby declare the following. to be a full, clear, concise, and exact descri tion of the same."

This invention re ates particularly to a resilient rubber heel or cushion heel lift.

An object of the invention is to provide a heel formed of inherently resilient material and so constructed and arranged as to afford additional cushioning properties.

A further object of the invention is to provide a resilient heel provided with nonresilient elements embedded therein and through which a plurality of meansmay be passed for attaching the said heel to a shoe sole in a relatively fixed position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device that .will be superior in point of simplicity, inexpensiveness vof'construction, positiveness of operation, and facilit and convenience in use and general efficiency. Other objects and advantages will appear as this description progresses.

In this specification and. the .annexed drawings, the invention is illustrated in the form' considered to be the best, but it is to be understood that the invention is 'not limited to such form, because it may be embodied in other forms; and it is also to be understood that in and by the claims followin the description, it is desired to cover t e invention in whatsoever form it may be embodied. In the accompanying one sheet of drawings,

Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of a heel .constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. 1. l

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section taken through Fig. 3 on the line 4-4.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a heel constructed in accordance with our invention.

In detail, the construction illustrated in the drawings comprises a heel 1 formed preferably of rubber or any other equivalent flexible and resilient composition. The con;

' tour and shape of the. heel is conventional so as to conform in all respects with the re-' quirements of size and thickness of stand ard types of heels. The heel compr1s1ng our invention differs from the ordinary type of rubber heel in that the body thereof does not lie in a single plane, but the attaching face 2 is dished or concavedwhile the outer 'face 3 is bowed or formed convex.

A plurality of nail holes or openings 4 are arranged transversely through the heel extending between the attaching and outer faces. Elongated, non-resilient strips ,or elements 5, formed preferably of a light sheet metal such as aluminum, are embedded in the heel approximately centrally between the attaching and outer faces, each of saidelements having a plurality of holes 6 therein corresponding with and registering with the transverse openings 4 provided in the heel. The non-resilient elements are shaped to assume the same contour as the heel irrespective of the position that the latter assumes.

Theouter face 3 of the heel is rovided with a peripheral shoulder or raise around a part of its edge, forming additional tread surface and which maybe advantageously moulded into any designs or characters for advertising or. other purposes.

The rubber heel is. attached to a leather, or other equivalent composition sole of a shoe by inserting nails into the holes 4 and driving the same through the corresponding reduced size openings provided in the embedded plates until the heads of the nails would be countersunk with the holes 4 ahd the heads of the said nails laced in contact with the surface of the em eddedelements.

All of the nails would, be driven home so that the concave face of the heel would lie substantially flush and parallel with the'sur- The nails used for eral edge of the inner concave face of the heel and outer face of the shoe sole. fixed'by nails to the shoe sole, a secure. and binding connection is made, eliminating all of the troublesome faultsof placing heels 4 on shoe soles.

Having thus described this invention,

what we claim and desire to secure by Let- 5 ters Patent isi- L A resilient heel having a plurality of non-resilient elements'embedded therein centrally between the attaching and outer faces and provided with a plurality of openings 10 therein registering with corresponding openings extending to this outer and attaching facesfof the heel, said non-resilient elements being arran ed in, parallel rows extending longitudinally of the heel.

15 2. A resilient heel having a plurality of transverse openings extending there through; plural rows of non-resilient elements emv bedded centrally therein between the attaching and outer faces of said heel and having a plurality of openings therein registering with the corresponding openings in said heel.

In testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands at San Francisco, California, this 18th day of August, 1922.

In presence of LINCOLN V. JoHNsoN. 

